DVD authoring software recommendation

[Guest]

i have just completed a large project using movie maker 2, having saved what
began as a combination of DV, jpgs, avi and mov's to the DV-AVI format. am
now looking for an easy-to-use, low-priced DVD authoring program that has a
decent (not professional-grade) feature set.

i've read varios WMM forum postings and it appears that the consensus
choices are MyDVD, Nero Vision Express and U-Lead Movie Factory.

to be honest, anything over $100 seems like a lot to spend on DVD authoring
software, especially given my basic needs. i'd love recommendations to fit
these needs and my budget.

thanks,

j

 

[Rehan]

The latest version of Ulead Movie Factory (4) seems to have all the
necessary features together with a simple user interface. After trying
the trial versions of these three packages recently, my vote goes for this.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

The best thing to do is download a trial version of each and see which one
you like best.

Add to your list:

Roxio EMC 7.5 which comes with VideoWave and
Intervideo's WinDVD Creator
and
Cyberlink's PowerDirector

With about 30 days on each trial, you'll have plenty of time to find out
which one suits your needs.

 

[Wojo]

Mine as well, as everybody here already knows
Plus it is only $50 so it fits in your budget.

 

[Wojo]

Except for Nero.
The free trial version for Nero Vision Express doesn't even let you load the
DVD authoring portion of the program.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Gee that's nice of them isn't it! And they expect folks to try it?!!!

 

[Wojo]

Well I think the product was meant more for burning data etc... to DVD's
hence the reason for a separate program within the program (Nero Vision
Express) for the DVD authoring task. As far as data disks and audio disks
etc... Nero is by far the best program I have seen or used for such things.